National Republican., 1887-07-07

Caverns, 10 miles; then to Harrsonburg,
Warm sulphur Springs, Hot Springs, and
Healing Springs, making the distance from
Washington city to the Warm, Hot, and
Healing Springs, about l63 S-Tl miles, or
about five hours from Washington city, six
from Baltimore, eight from Philadelphia,
ten from New York city, and fourteen from
Boston, Instead OF two days from Washing
| ton city, with one or two nights OF stop
over each way and personal annoyance TO
the traveller.
OUR sHIpBUILDING, OUR COMMERCIAL MA
RtNE, AND OUR IRON CLAD NAVAL
THE RAW MATERIALS RIGHT AT OUR DOOR
TO MAKE US AN INDEPENDENT AND PRE-
DOMINANT POWER AMONG THE NATIONS
THE GREATEST MANUFACTURING CITY
on EAkTH-THE "MEMoRIAL BRIDGE"
ACROSS THE POTOMAC TO ARLINGTON.
This great central double track railroad,
including Its branch to Charleston, W. Va,
leading directly into and through over 100
miles Of almost nexhaustible fields OF the
finest iron, coal, and shipbuilding timbers
on earth, will furnish all the raw materials
required In constructing ships and building
up our iron clad navy; for the finest timbers
In the world for shipbulding, the various
grades and kinds of the finest iron In the
world, including the red hematite and bes-
semer iron ore and maganese, the famous
red ash semi bituminous coal, pronounced
by experienced experts "the best coking
coal In the world,' also as fine
quality of anthracite coal as any
in Pennsylvania, abound In the greatest
abundance along this contemplated central
double track railroad route. We have
within reach the needed materials to enable
us to construct the greatest commercial
marine and the most powerful ironclad and
steel armored navy that has ever floated the
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step toward building, along the Virginia
side of the Potomac, from the Great Falls
to Alexandria, one OF the greatest manu-
featuring and shipbuildng cities of the
world, containing over half u million OF
people; and there will grow up along the
plateau, foot hills, and steppes back Of
Arlington great and beautiful city of sub
urban homes.
The iron, granite, and marble which will
he required to construct the "Memorial
bridge" across the Potomac river to Arling-
ton is quite inexhaustible on this central
double track railroad route, almost within
sight OF the capital, and the material to
build this great structure can be obtained
and shipped from along this railroad route
for about one-half OF what the same mate
rial will cost II shipped from outside and
distant points.
The building OF this great double track
railroad Will encourage "home production
and stimulate this interior of tine country
with new enterprise. 1t will incorporate
In the public mind spirit OF real inde-
pendence Of everything that Is foreign. 1t
will tend to develop the stupendous and
mighty resources Of the country in a d.
rection that will make us conscious of our
own invincible greatness and predominant
power among the nations.
There Is not a railway route on the Ameri-
can continent possessing the undeveloped
native wealth and great natural resources
that are almost eXhaustless on this route,
and there Is not Il through and local route
between important terminal points that will
command Il better through and local travel
between the east and west aud southwest
and intermediate locations than this great
central double track railroad route. passing,
as It will, through over $50 miles OF the best
varieties of coal, iron, granite, marble,
grlndstone, milestone, and every variety Of
timber, including the finest quality OF ship
huilding white oak and other valuable
timhers In the world, and yet much Of the
way II passes through rich agricultural.
thickly settled, and tlourishing sections,
Astounding In thriving cities and villages,
mills, factories, furnaces, and shops now
having poor or no railroad facilities. In all
the elements to make 1t an independent
through and local railroad route II has not
Its equal In natural aud durable resources
on the face of this wide earth
III there shall he constructed ten more new
railroads from the Atlantic seaboard to the
west, and they will soon be required, their
tendency will he to add passenger and
freight tralllc to this central route.
The business people, the factories, mills,
furnaces, stores, shops, mechanics, farm
ers and persons who own property along
and near the route, whose business and
property interests will he doubled in value,
can well afford to subscribe to the stock to
grade and bridge the way; when the means
can readily be secured on It's twenty-year
per cent. bonds to track and equip the
road. That portion Of the road from Cow
ington along the west base of the mountain
to Healing Springs, 10 miles, Hot Springs,
miles, Warm Sulphur Springs, . miles, for
which charter Is now secured, all easy
grading, with no streams to cross, and the
mile branch TO Clifton Forge, and the 76
miles from the south end of the Long bridge
to LuraY Caverns, with no expensive bridges
to build Ga charter for 30 miles of this 20
miles is now securely, should first be con
structed, as every mile will pay Il revenue
as fast as II is completed. The intermedi- |
ate portion should also he graded and |
brdged without delay.
1t Ia safe to say that l00persons interested |
In business and property on aud near the |
route can subscribe $4,000 each, probably |
some more and some less--makIng $500 900: |
800 persons who can subscribe au average |
of 81 900 each, making $500,000; 900 per- |
sons who can subscribe 5000 each, making |
$2OO,000, aud 5000 persons who can sub |
scribe 800 each, making $500, 900, and In al. |